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I read a suggestion once on skim coating wallboard with joint compound that was thinned to a thick paint consistency then rolled on. Has anyone tried this and if so how thin is the joint compound and...

We think our house was built in the early 1920's. All of the walls were done in an early kind of dry wall (3/8" thick) with a brown paper face that is not smooth. All of the walls with the exception...